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CravenInsomniac

Getting Ready to Make The Switch But Need Some Advice

Help

Currently wanting to make the switch, but I might have one of the most deranged audio setups that many of you have seen and I'm worried that I won't be able to get CachyOS (or any other Linux distro for that matter) even close to what I current got at a reasonable latency (currently at a 34-58 ms average). Is this achievable in a stable manner on Linux at the moment?

Currently I:

  1. Connect to 2* USB ASIO Audio Interfaces. (I need to be able to connect to at least 2 devices due to physical limitations)
  2. Use VB-Audio Matrix Coconut to:
    1. Be able to use both audio interfaces at once while keeping isolating each devices' audio channels.
    2. Keep both interfaces synced to my system clock (to avoid glitches)
    3. Use Matrix's VAIO inputs (I technically also use VB-Audio Virtual Audio Cables because I haven't taken the time to migrate away from the last 2 cables over) to be able to isolate the following into different channels:
      • Browser Audio
      • Davinci Resolve Monitor Audio
      • Media Player Audio
      • OBS Monitor Audio
      • System Audio
      • VoIP Audio
    4. Route both my devices' and the some of the above channels into Reaper. (I exclude Davinci Resolve and OBS' audio as I want them as unprocessed as possible)
    5. Take the tracks routed back into Matrix from Reaper and route them to certain outputs on either of interfaces
  3. Use Reaper* to:
    1. Process the above tracks. (I just use Reaplugs and 1 custom JS plugin).
    2. Route certain tracks back in Matrix.
    3. Route certain track into OBS. (I currently use ReaRoute and OBS-ASIO)

* - Having the option to connect to more interfaces in the future is a MASSIVE upside as I can theoretically connect to 7 different devices at once using Matrix.
** - My Reaper project currently has 37 tracks (not all are active as some are just for monitoring pre-fx and post-fx levels)

I currently have to use a combination of various other scripts and software to keep Windows 10 playing nice with all of this which also is making me dread having to reset this damn computer up.

Posted Apr 8, 2026, 2:55 AM UTC

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